ACT IV. Scene VI.
Elsinore. Another room in the Castle.
Enter Horatio with an Attendant.
HORATIO. | What are they that would speak with me?
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SAILOR. | Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for you.
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HORATIO. | Let them come in.
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[Exit Attendant.]
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I do not know from what part of the world
I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet.
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Enter Sailors.
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letters for him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate of
very warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding ourselves too
slow of sail, we put on a compelled valour, and in the
grapple I boarded them. On the instant they got clear of our ship; so I
alone became their prisoner. They have dealt with me like
thieves of mercy; but they knew what they did: I am to do a good turn for them. Let the King have the letters I have sent, and repair
thou to me with as much speed as thou wouldst fly death. I have
words to speak in thine ear will make thee dumb; yet are they much
too light for the bore of the matter. These good fellows will
bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hold their
course for England. Of them I have much to tell thee. Farewell.
'He that thou knowest thine, HAMLET.'
Come, I will give you way for these your letters,
And do't the speedier that you may direct me
To him from whom you brought them
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Exeunt.
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